Improved salt tolerance of transgenic wheat by introducing betA gene for glycine betaine synthesis

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-78

  He, Chunmei ^a   Yang, Aifang ^a   Zhang, Weiwei ^a   Gao, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Juren ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glycine betaine; Salt stress; Transgene; Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED TRANSFORMATIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FIELD TRIAL; GERMINATION RATES; GLYCINE BETAINE; GRAIN YIELD; PCR AMPLIFICATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS RATE; RT-PCR ANALYSIS; SALT FIELD; SALT STRESSS; SALT TOLERANCE; SALT TOLERANT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC LINES; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; TRANSGENIC WHEAT; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.); WILD TYPES; WILD-TYPE PLANTS;

AMPLIFICATION; CELL MEMBRANES; CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; HARDWOODS; PORPHYRINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77949283985     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-009-9665-0     Document Type: Article

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